It only begins at the curb with this beautifully updated and expanded colonial located in the heart of Springfield. From the pop of color with the window planters to the professional landscaping this home is almost worthy of a magazine! Inside updates abound where you will find a flexible floor plan that can meet the needs of many. The main level a generous living room with Brazillian cherry hardwood flooring that leads into the dining room with the adjoining and open kitchen. This kitchen was tastefully updated with granite counters and flooring, tile backsplash, double oven, tile flooring, stainless steel appliances complete with beverage frig and exhaust hood. Off the dining room is bonus space that can allow for a main floor den/family room, even home office or playroom with outside access to the front driveway. The flex space begins here where if needed this den could also be a main floor bedroom/in-law space as it is complete with a beautifully updated full bathroom with tile flooring and soaking tub surround and a shower stall. The second floor continues the flex space as you have your traditional 3 bedrooms with an updated hall bath with a bonus room through either one bedroom or the hall bath to a large possible 4th bedroom. This flex room can allow for the access bedroom to be a sitting room, desk space, even nursery off the bedroom, which offers a large walk-in closet with built-in organizers, safe, and jewelry cabinet and is complete with sliders to a 2nd floor deck. Enjoy a morning coffee or evening book from your deck overlooking a beautifully landscaped exterior. Additional amenities include rear and side outdoor entertainment or relaxation space, heated bathroom floors, dimensional shingle roof, HVAC (approx 2009 with new furnace motor and AC capacitor), domestic (2019), waterproofed basement, off-street and private driveway for 2 cars, sewer line replaced 2015, and gutter/leaf guards with lifetime warranty. It's walking score is off the charts with it's close proximity to the nearly complete new state of the art High School, as well as middle and elementary schools, Library, multiple parks and playgrounds, and downtown Springfield at Saxer Ave with it's restaurants, shops, even Wawa and Riteaid so park the car and enjoy the luxury of walking to whatever you need!